Sprachbund

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf linguistic area
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs convergence area
linguistic union
gptkbp:characteristic shared linguistic features not due to common ancestry
gptkbp:contrastsWith language family
gptkbp:defines A group of languages that have become similar in some way because of geographical proximity and language contact.
gptkbp:field linguistics
gptkbp:firstDescribed gptkb:Nikolai_Trubetzkoy
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:Balkan_Sprachbund
gptkb:Mainland_Southeast_Asia_Sprachbund
gptkb:South_Asian_Sprachbund
gptkbp:relatedConcept diffusion
areal linguistics
language contact
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:linguist
gptkbp:termOrigin gptkb:German
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Balkan_languages
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6